House Speaker John Boehner, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress gathered last week to remember the 25th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, passing a bi-partisan bill (House Resolution 599) : “Urging the Government of the People’s Republic of China to respect the freedom of assembly, expression, and religion and all fundamental human rights and the rule of law for all its citizens and to stop censoring discussion of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and their violent suppression.”

“Twenty-five years ago, as we all know, people rose up in Tiananmen Square to demand their rights, to demand dignity and respect, to demand a voice,” said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Thursday. “They wanted an end to corruption and a beginning of real economic and political reform.” “Twenty-five years later, the spirit of Tiananmen endures, yet the challenge remains,” she said. “The Chinese government censors any mention of June 4th.”

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Terry “The Invader” Xu

Congress should mind its own business in its own country.

Johnny Chan

Well, it’s in the Judeo-Christian Fundamentalist’s regime to defile and demonize China’s development in Humanity and progress in society, after all, China is a true secular state, and a true secular state “should never” contribute to miracles of Human progress as it would make the Judeo-Christian Fundamentalists lose face. Therefore, the propaganda will continue, and they’ll even abuse the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by quoting him in context of anti-China propaganda… lol omg mao!